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trying new things or setting new habits can seem difficult, especially if it's something completely different than anything you've tried before. Right now, you may be feeling that exact same way about a whole food plant based lifestyle. So in this episode, we'll talk about making the whole food plant based lifestyles simple.
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You're listening to the smarter, healthy living podcast where we firmly believe that getting healthy should never feel like torture. We're your host, Jared and Anita Roussel were college sweethearts, and health professionals who help you redefine what getting healthy looks like using a whole food plant based lifestyle. It's time to hear from the experts and learn the best tips and tricks that helped others get beyond the overwhelm, to create a vibrant life they love. If you're sick and tired of being sick, and tired, you're in the right place. So pull up a virtual chair, grab your matcha latte, and let's get started.
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You wouldn't really know it to look at me. But when I was in high school, I was actually a gymnast. I started that in my freshman year and did it for three years throughout high school. And one of the first things when going into that, if you've not ever done it before, is that it can be a bit intimidating, it can be overwhelming. And we see people doing handstands and backhand springs. And they're working on the parallel bars, doing all these backflips and back handsprings. I mean, look at anything, oh, my goodness, wow, I could never do that. But if you start in the beginning, don't give up. You learn the first technique, you learn the first trick. And there are some tricks in gymnastics, I mean, you think is all brute strength.
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And trust me, there's got to be a lot of strength to it. But there's also a lot of technique.
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And so what we want to do is bring that to you today with Whole Foods, plant based lifestyle. A lot of people look at and think, Oh, this seems so hard. Yeah. And it may in the beginning, only because it's likely something you haven't done before. Right? Maybe you don't think you have? I mean, there are ways that you can make this simpler?
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Well, I think a lot of people, it's funny, because they'll hear that we eat whole food plant based and they'll say immediately there go to us, I can never do that. Or how do you do that. And it's just it's so funny to us now, because we're on the other side of it. And it just is not hard. It's actually the simplest way we've ever lived. We're talking about that today how easy it is and how much time we save, because we don't have to clean up grease all over the kitchen anymore.
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And we don't have to wash and disinfect our counters in the same way that we did when we were eating meat on a daily basis. And it was getting everywhere. And you have to constantly be disinfecting everything we still clean. But it's just you don't have the same thing. No, it's very different. And so many, many things change. And it can be the ultimate fast food if you know how to do it. So really, the first thing is just getting over the thought processes and the wrong mindsets around eating this way. And eating healthy and thinking about it has to be hard nothing sometimes see and want to see if you agree with me that sometimes that happens to us because of our experiences in trying to get healthy. Because a lot of times you try to get healthy, you you automatically go to your default of a diet, well, I've got to find a diet that will work. And I've never found one that worked before or I've just failed on it. And I need to try that same thing again. I've seen people try the same exact diet multiple times and maybe lose a little bit. But then they go off of it, gain it all back. And then you know down the road sixpence, they're going to try it again. Or there's the newest, latest and greatest thing you're going to try. And what we know is if you don't get to the root cause of whatever issue you're wanting to fix, be it your way, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, whatever those things are, that you need to get beyond for me, it was my energy. I mean, I had no energy, I was constantly aching, my joints were hurting.
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And I just couldn't do all the things I wanted to do. I mean, I was purpose driven. I wanted to have the energy to chase my children around and play with them and build a business and all those things that that we knew we wanted to do as a family. I couldn't even think about doing that. All I could think about was how am I going to make it through this day without crashing and burning and physically make it to the end of it. I reached a point where I was thinking, I don't know how much longer I can go this way.
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And really, if somebody had just shown me how easy it could be, it would blow my mind. And so that's our purpose, and that's what we want to do for you.
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So starting off, the reason why something would be hard is that it's new. It's brand new territory. And anytime you think about something new, that makes you think it's hard
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what's like anything else though you have this not a habit yet. So of course it seems hard because you don't know what to do. And that makes it seem hard by default. And the other thing is your mindset what like We just mentioned you don't have the right mindset you don't even know what to think around it because you just hear it and it just the words whole food plant base, and you didn't know what that is, if you don't know what it is go back to one of our first episodes, what is healthy plant? What was episode number
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two,
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okay to what is healthy plant base, because once you start learning something, it doesn't seem so daunting anymore. And so difficult. I mean, really, it's just eating plants, well plants and fruits and veggies and nuts and grains and seeds. And we still eat those same things that we love.
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We still have chili and tacos, and pizza and burgers and shepherd's pie, and just all the things that we love sushi and whatever you can think of balls.
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I mean, we eat it, we eat desserts, we love all those things. And it is so simple. Now I spend a fraction of the time in the kitchen. I'm busy. I homeschool for children, we have two pets, we travel all the time. Let's see what else what else are we doing on a regular basis in our business full time.
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We have friendships and things that we do. So we understand what it's like to be busy. And if this couldn't work with a busy lifestyle, there's no way we could do it long term. So the first two things to make it simple is just learning what you don't know what what is it
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learn and growth.
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And then the mindset getting your mindset right.
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Also, being happy being in the right environment. Don't you think? That's a lot of it?
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Yes. And I heard something that I want to share that I believe it was Michael Hyatt had done a study where they were looking at willpower, they wanted to study just willpower. And what they found is that there really is no such thing. I know that sounds kind of bizarre, because you hear that all your life, you just got to get the willpower, you just got to bust through it. But what he found is that it's actually your environment around you that will determine your success far more than just your willpower.
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And it makes sense because I mean, every time you and I wanted to do something, when do we gain the most momentum, when we get the most done, we have
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those people around us and that environment around us, that sets
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us up for success
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are doing the same thing in a head in the same direction.
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Well, that's
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it definitely for the people. And then you think about your environment too. If you're talking about adopting healthy plant based or healthy lifestyle, you think about what's in your pantry, what's in your fridge, what's in your purse, your desk drawer, all those places in your little cubby in your car, you know that your physical environment also has a ton to do with that setting yourself up for success.
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So again, it's not hard, it's just knowing how to get all the right pieces into place. You don't know what to shop shop for, you don't know where to shop, you don't know how to buy it. And you get in your mind all these pieces, I don't know. But really, if you can just link up with someone who's been there who can turn those, what could be yours for you. because trust me, it took us years to figure out these things. And if you can get in a place where somebody who can answer all your questions and show you simple step by step of what to do. It really can turn your years in today's and give you that motivation and excitement to because you all of a sudden have new friendships and people you're sharing ideas with and new recipes and things to try.
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And you're seeing how they did it in a way that was really, really easy. And it makes you love it. And then one of the biggest things that makes it simple, I think Jared is just as you go, if you just adopt the idea of something like 30 days, I'm just gonna do this for 30 days. It's not a diet, I'm not counting calories. I'm not counting points. I'm
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not committing forever.
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Yeah, and I'm not keeping up with my portions and controlling those and limiting myself things like that. And you just start it with some simple tweaks and simple changes. And you start getting these results.
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I mean, for me, I remember thinking One day, my arms aren't hurting nearly as badly. And it wasn't too long till I had no pain in my joints. And there was a time where I couldn't even raise one of my arms up. I mean, my shoulder was
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just like a frozen shoulder. Yeah, I remember that.
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Actually. You're you're taking and trying to crawl your hand at the wall to try to stretch that out.
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Yeah. And I remember talking to you and saying, I'm just afraid with tears in my eyes, I'm never gonna be able to lift my arm all the way up again, it was horrible. And things like that. And then they just start disappearing. And then all of a sudden, you're going Wait a minute, I mean, even you were talking about how you thought you never really thought daily. I heard we just kind of had that whole idea that we see all the time with friends, clients family, that, well, I'm just getting older.
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And when you get older, you just hurt and things get harder and you get diagnosis. And this is just the way it is but it doesn't have to be that way. And we found that to be true. And we've seen these things reverse in our own lives with vascular disease and joint pain in our energy going up and when that happens, that keeps you going.
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That's this the motivation and the
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sights you and it motivates you. It energizes you and when you have that, then It's done, it's becomes less hard. It's not, it's not I don't know where to go, it's, hey, I've done some stuff, I've made some changes, I'm getting results. This is the stuff this, this really works.
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And I think then the big, the big game changer, I mean, this is just huge, is all of a sudden you realize you have some power, you have some control, all of a sudden you're empowered over your health. Whereas you were told when you went to the office, that this is just how it's going to be, you know, and if you like this food, well, you're never going to be able to have it again, instead of somebody showing you a way that you can, and you start learning, you can do these things to take power and take control over your own health, your body was created to heal, if you just know how to get the nutrients in a way that you enjoy them, that tastes good for you in that simple and saves you time and saves you money, and you know, all those different place things to get into place that will work for you. And that will get you enabled you to be in a position where you can create the life you want. I mean, that's, that's a game changer. Now of the sudden, I'm empowered, you mean to tell me that I'm untold on my life, I'm gonna have to always take these medicines, I'm gonna always have to, you know, feel this way.
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I'm stuck deal with it.
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Yeah, just I've got to deal with it. And you don't. I mean, many, many, many times, there's more to it than meets the eye and Jarrod and I don't just teach about eating. I mean, there's a whole lifestyle ship, we always talk about how, you know, you can have a plate filled with broccoli, and every day all your broccoli and all your kale. But that's not all there is to it. There's a lot of other lifestyle things that need to get right. But the thing is, when you're talking about any of those things, you just got to have the simple steps to take and do them one at a time. And over time, it quickly adds up.
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And all of a sudden, things start to reverse. And that's how it gets simple because then you have this motivation. Because you know that things don't have to be the way that they've always been or they were becoming for you. All of a sudden, you're back on your surfboard, all of a sudden, you're you know, you're
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riding your bike going around the park,
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we'll go into the places you wanted to go, you're building that business you wanted to build or the one you're already in, all of a sudden your brain fog clears.
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And now, hey, you know, the next steps that you're in this plan that you're writing for your business, whatever it is, these things change as you go, and all of a sudden, you've got that motivation to keep going. And then the amazing thing happens, your taste buds change. Now you're craving that good stuff.
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So now it's not just I got to keep myself motivated. Now, you're loving the foods because you're tasting all these flavors in there that you never tasted before.
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And it's amazing when you have less of a desire for the things that you used to eat,
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because you know how they made you feel you remember, and if you do decide to go out and have that. And we know it's happened to us, it's happened to clients, they'll call us and say why did I do that? That's all the motivation you need. Because when you eat it, and you start feeling that pain again, you're right back into the good stuff and feeling great. And really, you just don't want it you get in your mind that you like you might be two months down the road. And you think well, what if I just ate that again, just every once in a while and you try it and you think what the world was, I think it had I lost my mind. because number one you have built up in your mind that it tastes amazing. And you remember how it tasted to you.
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And I can promise you about one to two months down the road when you try that thing. It didn't taste like it tasted before. It tastes totally different. And it won't have the same attraction.
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It loses its hold. I mean, it's like our friend, Brenda, she says, you know, since I've been doing this and walk in through this path with you guys, I have food freedom. And it is it's like you the the staff that had power over you. The food's the old ways of doing things, they lose their control. And it's a beautiful, beautiful place to be. And that's how you make it last. And that's how you make it simple.
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Yes, so we want to recap. So first, realize that in the beginning that this is something new, there's going to be some learning and some growth involved with it. But that's okay.
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Right. And then also just realizing that you're building a new mindset, you're building new habits. And anytime you're starting something new, like you're like Jr, saying there's a learning curve, but get your mindset right, by getting the right environment, get around the right people who are on the same path and can encourage you and grow with you, and offer suggestions and ideas. Get the right mentors, people who can show you how to turn your years into days. And then just make a 30 day goal. Don't say oh, this is going to be a lifetime thing.
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And I've got to do it all at once. Do as much as you can and set a course for 30 days. If you can go all in. That's fantastic.
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We highly encourage it because the more that you can do the better but if you can't Do what you can and do the most you can for 30 days, knowing that your motivation is going to go up.
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Why? Because your health is going to improve, you're going to start feeling better, gaining energy getting clear thinking, your joints are going to stop hurting as much, you may lose weight, we lost 55 pounds together without even trying, those things are going to happen. Look forward to food freedom. And you'll learn that your health doesn't just quote have to be this way, right? You want to remember that you're empowering yourself. You're taking charge of your health and you're building a life that you love. We're thrilled for you as you start this amazing adventure, because we know how it can change your life. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to shoot us an email at info at the crunchy couple.com.
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